Video Replay: DFL Fails To Endorse CD8 Candidate

By:Video by Kristin Larsen, Text by Michael McIntee | April 14, 2018

10 ballots yields no DFL endorsement in Minnesota’s 8th congressional district. The DFL will not endorse anyone in the race until after the August primary. Pete Stauber is the likely GOP candidate for a rare open congressional seat with Rep. Rick Nolan (DFL) retiring.

Candidates Kirsten Hagen Kennedy and Michelle Lee were eliminated on the first ballot. Jason Metsa was dropped a few ballots later when he failed to get more than 25% of the vote. The vote totals for the two remaining candidates Leah Phifer and Joe Radinovich never climbed above 50% with 60% needed for endorsement.

At the end Phifer held about a 4.16 percentage point margin over Radinovich despite Nolan endorsing Radinovich.

A program designed to give access to healthy, affordable food to Minnesotans will run out of funding without reinvestment from the Legislature this year. Health groups are urging lawmakers to renew it.

Organizations that fight hunger in the U.S. are applauding the 2019 Farm Bill, but they point out that millions of Americans will still need to visit food pantries in the coming year. The bill signed by President Donald Trump does not include stricter work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, but that's still the goal.

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